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[[File:Divisional Commissioner Delhi NCT.jpg|thumb|A bilingual signboard of Divisional commissioner office in the [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]]]]
 
A '''Divisional Commissioner,''' also known as '''Commissioner of division''', is a [[civil service|central civil service officer ]] of the [[Indian Administrative Service]] cadre who serves as the administrator of a division (05 districts is equal to 01 division) of a [[List of divisions in India|division of a state in India]]. The post is referred to as '''regional commissioner''' in [[Karnataka]] and as '''revenue divisional commissioner''' in [[Odisha]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.regional-commissioner-belgaum.gov.in/english/rcpower.html|title=Power & Functions of Regional Commissioner|website=Office of the Regional Commissioner, Belagum|access-date=August 15, 2017}}</ref>
 
Office-bearers are generally either of the ranks of Secretary to the state government, or [[Principal secretary (India)|principal secretary]] to state government rank.
 
The role of a divisional commissioner's office is to act as the administrative head of all the state government offices situated in the division. A divisional commissioner is given the direct responsibility of administrating the land revenue collection, canal revenue collection and law & order maintenance of a division. The divisional commissioner also presides over Local government institutions in the division. Officers are transferred to and from the post by the state government. This post exists in many states of India. Divisional commissioners are responsible for general administration of the division and planned development of the districts under his control and also act as ''appeal adalat'' for revenue cases.